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This being the 250th anniversary of his death, an update that is largely Plumpton-centric seems appropriate. No need to explain how. Anyway, it was off to Plumpton last Monday, where ongoing lack of rain, and an apparent distrust (in certain yards) of the track’s ability produce properly good ground led to small fields all the…
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We had three runners last week at Plumpton and they all acquitted themselves well, without delivering the rewards hoped for. CLONDAW ROBIN had ground a bit on the quick side, but he needed a run and is not an enthusiastic horsebox passenger, so Plumpton it had to be. He managed to stay to the fore…
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He would have been 392 years old today, had he concentrated less on immortality via the medium of rebuilding London’s ecclesiastical structures and more on the staying alive for ever kind of immortality. The last update as prophetic about things never going to plan. GODOT was not our first runner of autumn as he was…
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Just a quick update. If things go to plan (as if they ever do!) the first jumper out of hibernation will be GODOT at Kempton’s Sunday meeting, with a couple pencilled in for Plumpton the following day. CLONDAW ROBIN is very probable for that as he is not a good traveller, so what suits him…
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Firstly, it is not too late to sign up for our National Racehorse Week open day, on Saturday 14th September. There will be all sorts of horse activities going on during the morning, plus a charity raffle in aid of MIND and ROR. Refreshments in the form of hot food and hot or cold drinks…
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Yes, indeed. Sir Frank Worrell was born on 1st August 1924. This is topical, at a stretch, because there is no record of him ever having trouble with his shoes, but our notable runner of the last couple of weeks, VILLEURBANNE, most definitely has done so. His comeback was after a year off, and he…
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We expected to be busier than normal on the flat at this time of year, but a couple of runners have been working off minor niggles and a couple went over to Ben Brain’s for wind treatment, and it has not been the peak as expected. Special mention goes to Villeurbanne, who was three days…
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June 13th – Inventor’s Day in Hungary. And that is not a made up fact. A limited amount of racecourse action has taken place of late. Normally it is even quieter by his time of year, but we have a few able to have a spin on the flat this summer, and the rash of…
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The horses had been a bit quiet lately, hence the lack of anything of significance to update, but they started to emerge from the doldrums last week. BE FAIR ran a really good race on the flat at Chelmsford, only to be hampered at a critical part of the race. One of those “drat!” moments,…
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The main news is to note that we have a new stable sponsor. FunnelFuel are specialists in B2B digital marketing and all about their background and latest news can be found on https://funnelfuel.io It has been a bit quite on the track lately as a few of the winter horses have run as if needing…
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